Hair waver



Aug. 12, i924. 131,504,791

d H. M. SIEGEL HAIR WAVER Filed March 18 1924 nvenibr:

Patented Aug. 12, 1924.

UNITED STATES maui PATENT OFFICE.

HENRY ivi. smear., or MALDEN, MASSACHUSETTS.

HAIR WAVER.

Application filed March. 18, 1924. Serial No. 699,981.

prior Letters Patent No. 1,385,797 granted July 26, 1921. Like the invention of the said Letters Patent, it comprises a novel and improved means for imparting to the hair of the human head waves or undulations, on the order ofl what'commonly is known as a Marcel wave. As in the case of the device of the said Letters Patent the purpose of the new form of device constituting the present invention is to enable the user to impart the said undulations without the employment of a curling iron, yor other application of heat, such application tending to injure the quality of the hair, and involving the risk of serious damage thereto. As also in the case of the device of the said Letters Patent, the present device has been invented with a view to enabling the user to wave hair successfully, even though not possessed of the high degree of skill and manual dexterity required for ysuccessful use of heated appliances, and without the assistance of another person; as well as to leave the users hands free for other employment during the time while the said bends or undulations are becoming impressed upon the hair, or, as it is usually expressed, while the wave is becoming set.

The device of the prior Letters Patent comprises a body-portion, a transverse series of teeth at one end thereof to engage a lock of hair adjacent the scalp of the head upon which the device is employed, a double series of oppositely disposed cleats about which the hair may be looped in sinuous manner in an alternating succession, and a retaining finger at the other end to retain the free end of said lock of hair.

The present invention consists-in a novel and improved device designed for the same purposes as the device of the prior Letters Patent and having essentially the same capabilities, but simpler, smaller, and more compact in its construction, more comfortable and convenient while being worn upon the head.l

An illustrative embodiment of the invention is shown inthe 'accompanying drawings, in which,-

Fig. is a perspective view of a hairwaver made in accordancewith the present invention.

Fig. 2 is a view thereof in section on line 2-2 of Fig. 1.

Fig. 3 is a view in section on line 3 3 of Fig. 1.

Figs. 1, 5 and 6 show the device in plan view, yand also a lock of hair, illustrating at different stages one method of winding the lock onto the device.

Having reference. to the drawings,-

The hair-Waver is made of any suitable light and elastic material, such as celluloid, metal, or other substances. Fundamentally, its form and function are those of a cleat, on which a lock of hair is wound tightly in ligure 8 fashiony and secured until such lock has acquired a sufficient degree of set, in the desired undulant curvature. It comprises, as shown, two oppositely extending arms 1, 1, which act to hold the turns of hair in the desired figure 8 shape, as will be more fully described. At right angles to the general direction of extent of the said arms 1, 1, are two projections 2, 2, extending side by side, which will for convenience be termed horns, the said projections or horns being separated from each other by a deep cleft 3 which extends inward to and beyond the middle line of the hair waver. The cleft 3 is provided to receive the lock of hair which is to be operated upon. The portion of such lock which is next the scalp is entered in such cleft as the first step in employing the device. The horns 2, 2, flare apart to a certain extent at their extremities, which are rounded off as shown, to facilitate the entry of the hair into the cleft- 3.

A hook 1 is provided on the opposite side of the device from the horns 2, 2, and cleft 3, such hook being constituted by the recurved outer end-portion of an arm extending from the body of the device at right angles to the direction of extent of the arms 1, 1. The said hook is adapted to hold the terminal end of the lock of hair firmly after the whole lock has been wound in place upon the device. The bent-back portion of the hook 4 is depressed into close proximity with its shan-k, andpis made Wip-th considerable -brea'dtl1,to hold saifd terminal portion by a Wedging or pinching action. Y Y

The Whole device V is Ymade slightly concave in both longitud'inal'and transverse directions, so Vas to conform to the shapezof the head, and lie Hat thereon.

In use, the lockof hair to .fhe waved is dampened with Water or any other suitable medium, andy after. being drawn tight, is

' entered in the cleft 3 While the hair Waver wijsfflrel'd 'With-its :concave side :toward the scalp., The Vdevice lisnpiislfledV along the leek of hair .into closeV proximity ltothe scalp, 'fand thelock is Woundilbackandifortharound 1theoppositelynxtenllingarms l, l, `in .lgure Y 8 fashion as shownin Figs. 4, 5, 'funtil practically vthe l:Full length vitlriereef :has'been' thus applied. Thereupon tleterminal end -efthe .lock is vv-rappedtvvof)or Vthree"turnsV around the stem of the hook 4 andsecuredv Iby.Wed-ging it IWithin the'fsaid hook." The 1 device is left"in'fplaceY 'until the `lia-ir dries,

i -andias much longerfas ispracticable, 'asthe lasting qualities of `the Wave are-indirect proportion to; the length of time theundulacommodate the said turns of the lock, and retain them inplace eectively.

What'is claimeda's the invention is The improved hair-Waving device comipnisin'g =a pair of opposite arms upon which A"a lock of hair may be wound in ligure 8 fashion, a pair of horns projecting transversely 'with relation to the Adirection of eX- tent "of ythe said arms and separated .from eachother bya deep cleft, and s. stem with retaining .lhook'for Securing the 'en'd of said lock `at the opposite side of the device 'fmm thev said vhonns. 

